This document analyzes and compares two album covers and their corresponding print advertisements. The first album cover features a mysterious image of the artist Future against a white background, indicating the album's genre is unclear but aimed at adult listeners due to an explicit content logo. While the cover lacks details, the print ad includes the album title and information about reaching number one. The second album analyzed is Eminem's "Recovery". The cover shows Eminem walking down a road with the album title in red, possibly representing recovery. Both the cover and ad feature the same background and provide information about the album's release and singles to attract audiences.

1. Task C – Analysing Album Adverts and CD Covers
In thisCD Coverthere isa lot of mysteryto ittherefore meaningthat
it will attractpeople astheywill wanttoknow whatthe musicis
about.There isn’ta cleargenre conveyedwhenyousee thisalbum
coverbut if you know the artistinthe albumcover thenitwill
become a bitmore obvious,asitis Future inthe cover.However,if
youdon’tknow thenit can put people off buyingitastheydo not
knowwhatgenre of musictheyare buying.There isn’tanytextor
fontusedinthe albumcovertherefore
nothingisreallyconveyed. Youcantell
that the age range of the albumisfor
adultsdue to the parental advisory
explicitcontentlogointhe bottomwhichtellspeople thatthere is
explicitwordsandlanguage inthe songandpotentiallycontroversial
topicsas well.There isn’tanylinkstosocial mediaonthe albumcover
but Future,whoisthe artistbehindthe albummade a poston his
social mediaaboutthe albumstatingthat thisalbumhasjustreleased.
There wasa mainprintadvertthat was made but it wasmade forboth
albumsthathe releasedwithinone weekof eachotherinFebruary,
the otherone beingFUTURE. Theybothshare a little bitincommon
witheachother.Both the albumcover,and the printadvertfeature
the mainartist Future showingthathe isthe identitybehindthis
album,howeverthe albumcoverhasa white backgroundandthe print
adverthas a blackbackground.The print advertcomparedtothe
albumcoverhas writingwhichfeaturesthe namesof the twoalbumsandthe fact that they are out
nowand the fact that theyhave reachednumber1 US albums.The fontis veryboldto therefore
attract the audience whentheyseethe printadvertandto potentiallymake themwanttofindout
more about the album.The printadvertalsohas the albumcoverso that the audience canalsobe
able to tell whichalbumitisif theywantto buyit.
In thisalbumcoveryoucan see Eminemwalking
downa road of some sortand thenin the topright
of the screenyoucan see the name of the album
whichis called‘recovery’.Finally, there isa
parental advisorylogointhe toprightwhich
therefore resembleswhatage itisfor andwhat
demographictheyare goingforwhichisthe adult
range,probablyyoungeradults.The fontforthe
title recoveryhasa redcross logoto resemble the
road to recoveryandhealthandthe fact that
Eminemisalsowalkingdownaroad resemblesthat
he is walkingdownthisroadto recoveryandis
gettingbetter.The printadvertisthe exactsame as the albumcover intermsof backgroundexcept
it showsall the informationof the albumsuchasthe release date andthe singlesincludedinside.
Thiswill attract audiencesastheywill be attractedtothe boldtitle andthe logosinthe title andthe

2. ominoususe of the road inthe middle of nowhere alsocreatingmystery,althoughthe genre might
not be clearas of thismomentintime.Butbecause Eminemiswell knownitmeansthathe isgoing
to be able to put anythingonan albumcoverand people will still understandwhatgenre he isapart
of.